Lamp.



No. 680,4!3. Pate nted Aug. [3, 19m.

F.. B. HAYDEN.

LAMP.

Application filed Apr. 16, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT Fries.

FREDERICK B. HAYDEN, OF BELLEVILLE, NE\V JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO- \VILLIAMR. NOE, OF EAST ORANGE, NEV JERSEY.

LAMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 680,413, dated August13, 1901. Application filed April 16, 1901. Serial No. 56,035. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ 20. 2.0711, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK B. HAYDEN, acitizen of theUnitedStates,residing in Belleville, in the county of Essex and State of NewJersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Lamps, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The invention relates more particularly to small lamps or lanternsburning kerosene and intended to serve as bicycle or carriage lamps.

The object of the invention is to provide a construction which shall beextremely simple, of few parts, mainly stamped and shaped by suitabledies, easily assembled with but little handwork, and thereforeeminentlyinexpensive to manufacture, and also so proportioned andequipped that satisfactory illumination is attained and the lamp easilyattached to and removed from the bicycle or other vehicle with which itis to serve.

The invention consists in a novel construction of wick-tube andair-deflectors and shield therefor, and inmeans for carrying the lampand for supporting it upon the vehicle, and also in certain details ofconstruction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter de scribed.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification and show theinvention as I have carried it out.

Figure l is a front elevation of the lamp complete. Fig. 2 is a plan ortop view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, and Fig. 4 is asubstantially central vertical section through Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a topview of the wick-tube alone, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of thesame. Fig. 7 is a face view of the blank from which the wick-tube isform ed. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the supporting means alone.

Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

A is the body of the lamp, B the removable front matching thereto, and Cis the oilfount. All are sheet metal, preferably tinnedsheet-iron,stamped or spun to the formsshown and having the jointsseamed to avoid the expense of soldering as far as practicable. The rearof the body is closed by a concave disk A, serving as a reflector, andthe open end opposite receives the front B,matching snugly Within thebody and held by friction alone. The front contains a circular disk B,of glass, held in place by an open wire ring B matching in a groove b.On the under side of the body and projecting within the latter issoldered an open-top tube A drawn together and closed below to form thescrew-threaded neck A matching the collar 0 on the oilt'ount O andjoining the latter to the body. Within the tube A and extending throughthe collar is the wick-tube D, soldered in place and reaching upward tothe required heightwithin the body A. Itis providedwitha wick-raisingratchet A operated, as usual, by a shaft A and button A and engages thewick through the slot d. The wick-tube passes through and holds inposition a curved deflecting-plate E, lying'loosely within the lampbody,as shown, and at the upper end is provided with the wings D D, havingthe openings d d, serving the usual function of protecting the flame andproperly presenting the air-currents thereto. The plate E is heldagainst upward movementby the wingsD and against displacement laterallyby the body of the wick-tube.

The construction of the wick-tube is peculiar. It is struck from sheetmetal in a single plane piece in the form shown in Fig. 7, and comprisesthe body portion D, having the wings D D thereon joined to the bodyportion by the narrow connecting portions D D and is shaped by bendingor'folding at right angles on the dotted lines in that figure, thus forming a flat rectangular tube, with the wings D D extending from one endand lying parallel to each other in the planes of the two fiat faces ofthe tube. Thus conditioned it is soldered in the opening in the bottomof the tube A with the wings projecting into the lamp-body. The plate Eis then applied over the wings and allowed to find its place in thelower portion of the lamp-body, and is then looked in place by thebending down of the wings to the required angle for service. The bendingis easily performed by the fingers, because of weakness of the portionsD D due to the removal of portions of the metal to form the slots oropenings d at.

Air to supply combustion enters through the perforations act in the bodyand a a around the tube A below the loosely-fitting plate E, and passesat the considerable opening a in rear thereof and also around the otheredges of the plate.

At the top of the body is a group of perforations a a through which theproducts of combustion escape.

F is a peculiarly-formed frame or bracket bentfrom a single length ofwire to the shape shown. It is attached to the upper portion of the bodyby the loops F F, extending through separated openings in the rear facenear the top and firmly grasping the angle formed by the junction of theretlectorA' with the body. Thence the arms F F ex- Teml rearwardly andconvergently to the bends ff, where they again separate ondownwardly-inclined curves F F to short straight stiffening portions F Ffrom which both branches join in the downwardly and forwardly inclinedloop or bight F The stillness of the connection to the body may beinsured by applying a drop of solder to each of the loops F F. The frameF thus formed serves as a convenient handle by which to carry the lampin the hand. By spreading the curves F F they will securely grasp acylindrical support of suitable dimensions, as a'bicycle-head, (see Fig.3,) or the loop F may be forced rearwardly to engage the dashboard orseat-back of a vehicle between itself and the lamp-body and fount, asindicated in the dotted lines in Fig. 4. The several portions contributemutually to the stiffness of the spring-frame, but allow it to yieldsufficientlyto afford a reliable grasp in supporting the lamp..

The material of which the several parts of the lamp are formed and thesizes and proportions may be varied. Parts may be used without thewhole, the wick-tube may be used with other forms of burners, and theframe B may serve in other situations.

Inthe construction shown the admission of air to the flame and theprotection afforded to the latter by the deflecting-plate E and thewings D D, although extremely simple, are very efficient, and inpractical use the flame is successfully maintained in high winds andunder the conditions of sudden shocks, to which bicycle and carriagelamps are peculiarly-subjected when in service.

I claim 1. In a lamp the wick-tube described consisting of a singlepiece of sheet metal and comprising the body portion D, the wings D Dprovided with openings 61 d at their line of junction with the bodyportion and easilybent portions D D connecting the former to the latterand upon opposite sides of the openings d d, all substantially as hereinspecified.

2. In a lamp, the body A and tube A the wick-tube D and its wings D Dformed integral therewith, joined to said tube A the plate E lyingwithin said body and held in position relatively thereto by saidwick-tube, and locked against removal by said wings, the latter beingbent downward toward said plate after thelatter has been placed inposition, all combined and arranged to serve substantially as hereinspecified.

3. In combination with a lamp of the character set' forth, asupporting-frame comprising the loops F F, converging arms F F,outwardly and downwardly curved portions F F downwardlyprojectingstraight portions F F and downwardly and inwardly projecting bight Fadapted to serve as a handle and in attaching the lamp to a bicycle-heador to a dashboard or analogous objects, all substantially as hereinspecified.

In testimony that I claim the invention above set forth I affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK B. HAYDEN.

YVitnesses:

RoBT. CONNOR, CHARLES R. SEARLE.

